Items for "white blood cell count"
Objective: To compare women with spontaneous preterm delivery before 37 weeks and women who delivered at term with respect to amniotic fluid C-reactive protein (CRP), glucose levels, and white blood cell counts at the time of genetic amniocentesis.
Study design: The study was conducted on 216 pregnant women who underwent genetic amniocentesis between the 15th and 18th weeks of gestation at Baskent University Obstetrics and Gynecology Department...
Keywords: C-reactive protein, genetic amniocentesis, glucose, preterm delivery, white blood cell count
12/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: Elevated ?-glutamyltransferase (GGT) has emerged as an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) which is increasingly viewed as an inflammatory disease...
Keywords: cardiovascular disease, C-reactive protein, ?-glutamyltransferase, inflammation, white blood cell count
10/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter